A chorus of supposes

Vai smiled kindly to Remi and shrugged her shoulders. "From the books I've read, deities can be for a specific emotion or purpose, and each one is so different, anything might have helped or hindered summoning it." She was trying to say that it wasn't Remi's fault, the huntress tousling his curls reassuringly. "Then again, that was in the tales I read. This place might be entirely different." She arched an eyebrow as he continued, before a worried expression flickered across her face. Vai shifted to sit closer, letting an arm move around him so she could hug him for a moment. "It sounds like whatever this thing was could tune itself into your psyche pretty well..." It sounded horrifying even to mention out loud. "It's okay, though. You didn't know about it, and now you do. And it sounded fickle enough that it shouldn't bother you again unless you provoke it..." Which she doubted he would do - and she was in agreement about going to that Temple alone or otherwise. "Maybe I ought to try the traditional means first. Talking to people and finding books or other histories about this place. vervain where the wild things are